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Explanation
For beginners with GhostBSD it is a bit confusing which package manager is now working on my computer.
For now pkgng is like a synonym for pkg.
It describes, that the package manager pkgng is a new version and designed to work with versions of FreeBSD starting with 10.X. see also 4.4.1. Getting Started with pkg on the FreeBSD Handbook
That means:
To install a package with the older version of pkg you had to write:
pkg_add package name
With the new generation of pkg you have to write:
pkg install package name
More Differences between pkg and pkgng
If you like to know more about the differences between pkg (old version) and pkgng (new generation) please look in the FreeBSD Wiki
For the future: If we speak from pkg, than it means the new generation. And all further instructions you will find there: pkgng.
